Product Info Part 4
Table Of Contents
- APPENDIX D Precautions and General Procedures
- Special note and precautions
- General procedures
- Locating the pump fill port and the side port
- Venting the Minimed refill syringe (optional)
- APPENDIX E Pump Rinse Procedure
- Preparing for the procedure
- Remove insulin from the Pump and fill with NaOH
- Equilibrate and pull NaOH through system
- APPENDIX F Side Port Catheter Flush Procedure
- Supplies and solutions
- Preparing for the procedure
- Flushing the Side Port Catheter
- Program minimal basal rate
- Remove insulin and fill with rinse buffer
- Equilibrate and pull rinse buffer through system
- Flush side port catheter
- Remove rinse buffer and fill with insulin
- Equilibrate and pull insulin through system
- Remove guide needles and record refill amount
- Program new basal rate
- Remove rinse buffer from catheter
- APPENDIX G Stroke Volume Measurement
- Supplies and Solutions
- APPENDIX H Pressure Measurement Using The Side Port Catheter
- Supplies and solutions
- Measuring pressure in the side port
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The 0.1 M NaOH used in this procedure
can cause permanent eye damage. Safety
glasses must be worn during this proce-
dure.
Syringe 2: NaOH
6. Prime the needle. Close the stopcock
7. Enter the Pump with the refill needle.
8. Open the stopcock and allow the Pump to fill completely with NaOH.
When the fluid level stops moving, the Pump is filled.
9. Close the stopcock. Remove the syringe.
10. Prepare syringe 2 for aspiration. Remove the air from the syringe.
Close stopcock and obtain a vacuum by pulling back on the plunger
until it locks. Press the lock into the plunger groove to be sure it is
firmly secured.
11. Re-enter the Pump.
12. Open the stopcock and remove the NaOH. After the fluid level stops
moving, wait an additional 30 seconds for all the NaOH to be
removed.
13. When the time has elapsed, close the stopcock and remove the
syringe. Discard syringe 2.
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